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General What are some people JB'ing for?
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I'm with @StarkCity
When Apple can remove this list of tweaks from my phone because they have integrated every function in either a better way or an equivalent way then I can stop jailbreaking.
You say that everything you need is baked into the system now. But how well?
I'm sorry, but there is no way I prefer standard Apple Quick Reply over BiteSMS. Just one example.
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Some tweaks and apps don't put anything in Settings.
True ..... And.... Damn ....
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In my opinion, Swipe Selection is overall better than Apple's keyboard trackpad, but together, along with SmoothCursor make an awesome combination for easily moving the cursor around.
App Admin is amazing for downgrading any current Apple app that contain bugs or problems.
Disable Parallax Effects, HideMe8, Zepplin and Dockshift give a subtle clean look to the springboard and/or improves battery life.
CCSettings: along with more control buttons, it includes a "kill all apps" button in the Control Center.
Minimal HUD eliminates those volume HUDs that gets in the way when you least need it.
And, of course, MyWi9 for free hotspots (after app purchase).
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Do you find any issues with conflicts with that list of tweaks/apps? Some of them haven't been updated in years is why I'm asking. And nice list btw, I learned about a few that I haven't heard of before.
Conflicts…perhaps. There are some tweaks that I have had to install to get a feature that an installed tweak already provides but that is not working because of a conflict with other already installed tweaks. But no show stopping conflicts or anything like that.
I have a few personal rules I follow.
1. My jailbreak is paramount.
2. Customizing my phone is second only to my jailbreak.
3. If a tweak causes springboard to crash, doesn't work or causes my battery to be hammered more than once when first trying it, I uninstall it. Doesn't matter how much I want it installed or how much I paid for it.
4. Any other funky crap I may have to deal with by a tweak is allowed for a small time until I determine if that is worth the benefit of the tweak. If it's not the tweak is uninstalled.
5. Any updates to a tweak or app that cause issues as described above means either a downgrade (if possible) or an uninstall.
These are just my own personal rules and I follow them. It's allowed me to stay jailbroken and that is more important to me than the value of any tweak. I can always work around a tweak or find one that does a similar function. I can't work around losing my jailbreak.
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I used to theme. Don't miss it that much.
I used to JB for bitesms - at one point it was discussed that they weren't going to support it going forward. Nice to know that they are still around.
I rarely had problems when I JB'd.
Might take a look at the scene and see what's been happening!
I used to JB for bitesms - at one point it was discussed that they weren't going to support it going forward. Nice to know that they are still around.
I rarely had problems when I JB'd.
Might take a look at the scene and see what's been happening!
Does SpeedIntensifier disable the Parallax effects as well? I believe thats what I been using and they are shut off.
Simple things. App names make the home screen look ridiculously cluttered imho. So until Apple allows me to remove them, and page dots, and certain icons from the status bar (I don't need an icon telling me orientation is locked, I'm the one who locks it) then I'll jailbreak.
That's before we even get into functionality. Let me put the toggles I want in control centre. I never use notification centre so let me disable it. Why can't I have the date in the status bar?
All these things may be little but they make my phone function the way I want it too. Not the way Apple tells me I should want it too.
I could live with no themes. But for me to stop jailbreaking Apple would have to allow removal of app names. Customisation of the status bar and control centre. Which I don't see them ever doing as even now on ios 9 were allowed no more customisation than changing wallpaper.
That's before we even get into functionality. Let me put the toggles I want in control centre. I never use notification centre so let me disable it. Why can't I have the date in the status bar?
All these things may be little but they make my phone function the way I want it too. Not the way Apple tells me I should want it too.
I could live with no themes. But for me to stop jailbreaking Apple would have to allow removal of app names. Customisation of the status bar and control centre. Which I don't see them ever doing as even now on ios 9 were allowed no more customisation than changing wallpaper.
Like lyceumHQ, it's mostly the little things that let me use the phone the way I want.
My "essential" tweaks, in order of importance:
NoSlowanimations (I find iOS intolerably laggy without it)
VirtualHome (seen to many friends wear out their home buttons)
Automa (too many annoying pop ups without it)
ASUpdateHider (I prefer older versions of many of my most used apps)
FolderCloser and Eclair (so my phone always goes to the home screen when I unlock it or quit an app)
There are many others but those are the main ones.
I wonder if older people are more likely to jailbreak? I got into computers in the early 80s because they were the Ultimate Gadgets! Rather that serving a single purpose, you could program and customize them all you wanted. This wasn't going against their intended use, it was the whole point!
It seems that computers are slowly becoming appliances, albeit very complex ones, where they'll only do what was originally built into them. <insert ranting grandpa emoji here>
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apple can steal as many tweaks as they want but a factory ios will NEVER be like a jailbreaked ios
ie f.lux>night shift
ie f.lux>night shift
Not sure on that, and never thought to compare it for disabling. I had SpeedIntensifier but it seemed to hit my battery a little bit , so I deleted it.
BiteSMS>Apple Quick Reply.
Apple are quite handy at stealing 'features' from JB Devs
Notification centre. Control centre. Quick reply. Flux. 3D Touch. All previously available in one way or another from Cydia.
And those are only the ones I can remember right now. I bet the actual list is pretty long.
Pity they can't implement simple things like personalisation.